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The best defense is a good offense; The best-laid schemes of mice and men often go awry; The best things in life are free; The bigger they are, the harder they fall; The boy is father to the man; The bread never falls but on its buttered side; The child is the father of the man; The cobbler always wears the worst shoes
Happy back to school! Parents, teachers and students, find funny and motivational back-to-school quotes about education, learning and working with others.
"Life's a climb. But the view is great." There are times when things seemingly go to plan, and there are other moments when nothing works out. During those instances, you might feel lost.
Final papers have been turned in. Grades have been distributed. Lockers have been cleared. Yep, graduation season is upon us. So you might want to grab the tissues because your little kiddo is all ...
The consequences of dropping out of school can have long-term economic and social repercussions. Students who drop out of school in the United States are more likely to be unemployed, homeless, receiving welfare and incarcerated. [5] A four-year study in San Francisco found that 94 percent of young murder victims were high school dropouts. [6]
I.e. "from a rule without exception." Short for a dicto simpliciter, the a is often dropped because it is confused with the English indefinite article. A dicto simpliciter occurs when an acceptable exception is ignored or eliminated. For example, the appropriateness of using opiates is contingent on suffering extreme pain.
He was famously suspended for throwing steak knives at school in first grade to emulate Rambo in the film "First Blood," then later dropped out of high school to pursue acting at age 17 ...
An item appearing in the Peninsula Enterprise newspaper about the "School of Hard Knocks" (1918). The School of Hard Knocks (also referred to as the University of Life or University of Hard Knocks) is an idiomatic phrase meaning the (sometimes painful) education one gets from life's usually negative experiences, often contrasted with formal education.